After the third time in less than six hours Christine had found herself awake and trying ceaselessly to get comfortable in bed, she gave up. It was only, oh, four hours before she was due to work. She could find something to do ( Read more... )

After the briefing had finished he'd spent some time thinking on the team he was supposed to put together for the mission. The team would need to be relatively small, which restricted his selection, but after a little thought the choices were obvious. He sent padd messages to the engineers in question - Gaila, Keenser, and a multitalented young ( Read more... )

At this time of the morning it was quiet in the mess hall, most people either on-shift or in bed. Though all their most recent crises were well and truly done with, Scotty found he was still having a little trouble getting back onto ship time. Not that it mattered. The briefing for their next mission had just gone out, and though it appeared to be ( Read more... )

Jim stood and gazed out into the Black as he often did when he was trying to sort things out in his head. Uhura had been gone for a couple of days and he couldn't quite figure out if he missed her or not. A part of him was still convinced that all she wanted from him was a quick rebound, and while he was normally all for that, he had the urge to ( Read more... )

He stood before it, staring. The damn thing just stood right back, looking innocuous. The voice in the back of his head that Leonard liked to ignore told him he was being ridiculous. These kinda things happen sometimes. The rest of his brain adamantly yelled back that this was the goddamn flagship of the Fleet! You don't let mistakes like this ( Read more... )

Gaila hummed to herself as she finished her engineering reports. She was overjoyed to be back on full and active duty; she hated sitting around and doing nothing, and she loved getting to work with the Enterprise's spectacular engines. After she submitted the reports, she decided to go visit David and ask him when they could hang out again. She ( Read more... )

Shift seemed to last much longer than normal. Gaila's mind kept wandering back to Scotty's bizarre behavior. She tried again and again to remember what exactly had happened during the spores incident, but her mind was a complete blank. At least he's promised to explain, she thought, even though he's obviously dreading this conversation. She ( Read more... )

In the quieter times when no single task was particularly urgent, it was nice to take a moment to enjoy the sounds of everything running smoothly; the blessed absence of shouted arguments and wailing sirens. They were still a little short-handed - another ten engineers would be perfect, but at a pinch he'd happily settle for four - but everything ( Read more... )

Humans had bizarre food customs... and bizarre food. When she was at the academy, Gaila had normally cooked her own food, but it wasn't possible to cook every day on the Enterprise, so she was left eating what the replicator claimed were human foods. She hadn't even heard of half the menu choices. The plate before her contained something called ( Read more... )

David had tried the recreational areas of the ship. He'd tried the gym as well. None of them had the feeling he needed. So when he found the oblong path along deck 12 a couple of days ago he took advantage of finally having found the perfect place in where to run. A public place that offered a view of something solid, where they were in the ( Read more... )